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Frankie Connor | |
|---|---|
| Born | Liverpool, England |
| Career | |
| Show | ‘Sunday Retro Show’ |
| Station | 2023-present Liverpool Live Radio |
| Time slot | Sunday 1-3pm |
| Station(s) | Formerly BBC Radio Merseyside, Radio City Gold, Marcher Sound |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Frankie Connor is an English radio presenter and musician from Liverpool.[1] He is most known for his retro music programmes for over 30 years on stations such as Liverpool Live Radio, BBC Radio Merseyside and as a member of Liverpool group The Hideaways.[2]
Life
[edit]Connor lives in Liverpool, England. As a young boy, he was also passionate about football, in which he has played for the All Star Merseybeat Eleven.[3]
Career
[edit]In 1963 Connor joined a Merseybeat group called The Hideaways, playing rhythm guitar. The Hideaways subsequently became popular, being particularly well known for numerous performances at the Cavern Club. Connor moved on from the Merseybeat scene in 1972 and left the music business in 1974 to work as a sales rep and later to become a new partner in a business in 1979 which lasted until 1999. In 1986, Connor and his brother Freddie wrote and produced a local history book about Liverpool which became a local best seller. The book was called "Liverpool It All Came Tumbling Down" and it prompted Frankie to write a song with the same title in 1987, released on Canal Records and produced by Billy Kinsley of the Merseybeats. The song went to No.1 in the local Liverpool Echo charts.[2][4]
Connor started his radio career at Marcher Sound, Wrexham, and later Radio City Gold. In addition to radio, Connor has written music for many stage and theatre plays, including the musical arrangements and tracks for Liverpool play ‘This Girl’, a story about Cynthia Lennon.[5] He has also compared various gigs and events at famous Liverpool venues such as The Cavern Club.[6]
Connor has been interviewed by local press over the years, including a chat with Namm.org about his career highlights in 2019.[7]
Connor presented a popular retro programme for BBC Radio Merseyside on Sunday afternoons for 26 years.[8] He has released various music CDs and compilation albums and often writes music for well-known and local plays. .[9][10][11]
Connor is now a broadcaster on Liverpool Live Radio, after leaving his Retro Sunday programme on BBC Radio Merseyside after 26 years due to Local Radio changes.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Newbould, Chris (11 December 2023). "Former Hideaway takes Retro Show to Liverpool Live". Prolific North. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Presenter Profile: Frankie Connor". BBC. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
- ^ "Radio Merseyside's Frankie Connor to launch new CD in New Brighton this weekend". Wirral Globe. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
- ^ "The Hideaways Biography by AllMusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Frankie Connor - 'This Girl' - The Cynthia Lennon Story". Culture Liverpool. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ^ "Cavern Club - THE CAVERN CELEBRATES 1963". Cavern Club Website. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ "Namm.org - Frankie Connor". Nam.org. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
- ^ "BBC Radio Merseyside - Frankie Connor - October 06 2019". 6 October 2019.
- ^ "BBC - Frankie Connor". BBC Radio Merseyside. 10 December 2014.
- ^ Thomas, Angela (26 October 2021). "Local actors take centre stage in Hope Street Theatre return for Cynthia Lennon musical". Musical Theatre Review. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ Grant, Peter (29 August 2017). "Radio Merseyside's Frankie Connor to launch new CD in New Brighton this weekend". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Former BBC presenter Frankie Connor joins Liverpool Live Radio". Radio Today. Radio Today. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
External links
[edit]- Frankie Connor discography at Discogs
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